The Su-57 has a blended wing body fuselage and incorporates all-moving horizontal and vertical stabilizers

The vertical stabilizers toe inwards to serve as the aircraft’s airbrake.

The aircraft incorporates thrust vectoring and has adjustable leading edge vortex controllers (LEVCONs) designed to control vortices generated by the leading edge root extensions, and can provide trim and improve high angle of attack behavior, including a quick stall recovery if the thrust vectoring system fails